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I actually think anyone doing a new build would be well advised to take a look at it - I wish I'd seen it 30 years ago ! ... changing the subject line on my...
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peter haywood
samphorgatherer
Jan 14, 2009 8:49 pm
I`ll keep that in mind Neil, Thanks. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Pete. ...
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ROBIN
lorna9029
Jan 14, 2009 9:55 pm
Hi everyone Does anyone know of a tune called 'Firbolg' I am assuming it is an Irish tune because of the name; a box player friend of mine has suggested that...
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Marsbar
semperfidelisau
Jan 14, 2009 11:04 pm
Knowing the Irish it probably is spelt completely different to how it is said so goodness knows what it really is <g>. Fi From:...
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ROBIN
lorna9029
Jan 15, 2009 7:30 am
In this case i think it is probably as it sounds Fir (meaning men) ang Bolg (meaning bag) men of the bag. regards Robin...
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Augusto de Ornellas A...
augusto_orne...
Jan 15, 2009 8:02 am
check it out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fir_Bolg...
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Sarah Pavey
sarahtheflut...
Jan 15, 2009 9:52 am
Dots are here: http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/9185 In the key of C Cheers Sarah To: HurdyGurdyForum@...:...
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Eaton Mike
mike_from_so...
Jan 15, 2009 10:15 am
A slight complication Sarah, If you read the comments tab from this link you will see that it's not in C maj but E phrygian, which is the odd-sounding scale...
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ROBIN
lorna9029
Jan 15, 2009 6:14 pm
That looks ok (maybe some tweaking) thanks Sarah Regards Robin In HurdyGurdyForum@..., Sarah Pavey <sarahtheflute@...> ... 09:47:39 +0200Subject:...
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Sarah Pavey
sarahtheflut...
Jan 15, 2009 8:47 pm
Had hoped to make at least part of this but now have to accept defeat. Unfortunately our new hurdy gurdyist is in a similar predicament but hopefully we will...
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ROBIN
lorna9029
Jan 16, 2009 7:43 am
Hi Sarah Not sure if it is in C or something strange , but works with D drone anyway (what did confuse me a bit was the # for the G# is on the left of the...
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Augusto de Ornellas A...
augusto_orne...
Jan 16, 2009 8:46 am
It is in E phrygian, it sounds very exotic, almost Indian or Persian... Does it really work with a D drone? A E drone would be perfect for it... One can always...
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Michael Muskett
michaelmuskett
Jan 16, 2009 9:33 pm
It's quite simple. the keynote is obviously e(e drone)while the semitones are between the 1st & 2nd and 5th & 6th degrees of the scale. It is therefore in the...
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ROBIN
lorna9029
Jan 16, 2009 9:53 pm
Hi Augusto exotic it may be but i have been playing it (or trying to play it)most of the day with a D drone. try it loll Regards Robin In...
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ROBIN
lorna9029
Jan 16, 2009 9:53 pm
on second thoughts don't try it as i have just discovered i didn't have the drone on. So you are probably right and i am a big "numpty" (no wonder it sounded...
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Jon Redpath
penicuik05
Jan 16, 2009 10:50 pm
For those "non Scots" amongst us. The term of endearment "Numpty"Â lovingly means bloody great idiot. The verb, to nump can be found in "The Wallies Own...
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ROBIN
lorna9029
Jan 17, 2009 5:48 am
I should really! read some musical theory. Is there such a book as musical theory for numpties? lolll cheers Robin In HurdyGurdyForum@...,...
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Augusto de Ornellas A...
augusto_orne...
Jan 17, 2009 6:11 am
for me it sounds middle-eastern and a little sefardi/flamenco check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_mode...
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Gerald
rapier3a
Jan 17, 2009 8:59 am
I went to a Richard Thompson concert in Cambridge last night - "1,000 years of Popular Music". It started with him coming on stage playing a hurdy gurdy for a...
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Colin
hillneerg
Jan 18, 2009 8:50 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_mode is probably as good as any without getting in TOO deep :-) Colin Hill ... From: ROBIN To:...
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Michael Muskett
michaelmuskett
Jan 18, 2009 4:57 pm
Keep it simple Colin. p 82 of the black book on hurdy-gurdy playing tells you all you need to know. The rest is complication and confusion. Of course to...
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Steve Evans
psychotriav
Jan 19, 2009 9:41 am
Hi All, I saw the man at the Lowry last night: the tune was a 13th Century piece:"Edi Beo Thu Hevene Quene", played [well] on a very nice looking blonde...
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JULIE BARKER
julie909295
Jan 19, 2009 10:20 am
Apparently the gurdy Richard Thompson is playing on his UK tour is the very first instrument made by Claire Dugue of Ramsgate. I will be at his Canterbury...
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Michael Muskett
michaelmuskett
Jan 19, 2009 10:40 am
I am not up to date with elementary theory books, but I am sure there are plenty available inc those pub by the Royal Schools of Music. Ask a music shop!...
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Graham Whyte
colsonamirec...
Jan 19, 2009 1:04 pm
There are 7 "eclesiastical" modes They are better called scales Each scale has different interval patterns The interval patterns can be found by playing a...
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Eaton Mike
mike_from_so...
Jan 19, 2009 2:31 pm
... at the risk of muddying the water, here's another twopenneth. A different way of looking at Graham's table is in terms of the intervals between notes in...
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Augusto de Ornellas A...
augusto_orne...
Jan 19, 2009 5:16 pm
what about the recurring G# in Fir Bolg? I've heard that it's a variation on E Phrygian, very common in Arabic hijaz and the Spanish gypsy scale... is this...
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Jon Loomes
jonloomes
Jan 19, 2009 5:18 pm
So, for advanced students: Prove that a tune supposedly in Lochrian isn't actually a Mixolydian tune centred around the major third. Have fun. Jon...
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Dave Rowlands
dave_rowland...
Jan 19, 2009 5:47 pm
Lochrian, that would be a scottish quarter-tone mode then? D ... From: HurdyGurdyForum@... [mailto:HurdyGurdyForum@...]On Behalf Of...
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Jon Loomes
jonloomes
Jan 19, 2009 9:10 pm
(Laughs out loud at Dave!) I'd not noticed the modern spelling "Locrian" - is this an accepted OED alternative or just the influence of the former colonies? I...
